【Host, this tree is called the Qingming Mother Tree, and the Qingming Spirit Seed is its tree core. It can command vines and trees, regulate spirit veins, nourish spirit plants, and help stabilize the realm.】
“So what specifically needs to be done?”
【Host does not need to actively channel it.】
【As long as you plant it within the spirit domain and wait for its root system to regrow, it will automatically establish a connection with the surrounding land and spirit veins.】
With a slight thought, Yun Heng's mind expanded.
The sight of the entire Guiyuan Spirit Domain instantly reflected in her consciousness.
Although the Qingming Mother Tree had been placed on the Main Peak, most of its roots were still curled beneath the courtyard ground. Only a few thin rootlets slowly probed into the surrounding soil, not yet truly connected to the spirit vein beneath the Main Peak.
She could clearly feel those roots instinctively absorbing the surrounding wood spiritual energy.
“How long will it take to recover to the state it was in back in the Qingming Secret Realm?”
【If relying solely on its own growth, it will take at least several hundred years.】
Yun Heng's brow twitched.
“Several hundred years?”
【It grew in the Qingming Secret Realm for a very long time, and its underground root network covered almost the entire dense forest. Host brought away the main body and primary root system of the Mother Tree; naturally, those fine extending roots could not all be preserved.】
【Now, if it wants to reform such a massive root network, it naturally needs time.】
Yun Heng looked up at the Qingming Mother Tree before her.
The branches, which had been swaying excitedly just a moment ago, suddenly quieted down quite a bit, as if it actually understood the System's words.
Several hundred years might not be long for a spirit tree.
But for her, it was far too long.
【However, there are other ways to speed it up.】
【The denser the spiritual energy, the faster its roots will grow. Wood-attribute spirit items and natural treasures containing vital energy can also help it recover.】
【Besides that, Host can also use the Realm-Space Crystal in your possession on it.】
“The Realm-Space Crystal?”
Yun Heng quickly remembered the silver-white crystal sent by the Eastern Region Imperial Family.
The Realm-Space Crystal contained extremely dense spatial power; it could be used both to refine spatial magic treasures and to stabilize secret realms or spatial arrays.
“The Qingming Mother Tree is clearly a wood-attribute spirit plant. Can these two things really be combined?”
【Ordinary spirit plants naturally cannot absorb a Realm-Space Crystal.】
【However, the Qingming Mother Tree is inherently a realm-associated spirit plant.】
【Its roots can not only grow in soil, but after recovering to a certain extent, they can even touch the realm itself.】
【If it absorbs the spatial power within the Realm-Space Crystal, it will have the chance to condense a Realm-Stabilizing Spirit Root ahead of time.】
This was the first time Yun Heng had heard this term.
“What is a Realm-Stabilizing Spirit Root, and what does it do?”
【Ordinary roots can only regulate soil and spirit veins.】
【A Realm-Stabilizing Spirit Root, however, can root into space itself, stabilizing nearby realms and repairing minor spatial rifts.】
【It can also establish a connection with the arrays in the spirit domain. In the future, as long as a spatial fluctuation occurs wherever the Mother Tree's roots reach, it will be able to detect it immediately.】
Pleasant surprise gradually surfaced in Yun Heng's eyes.
If the Qingming Mother Tree could connect with the Myriad Manifestations Guiyuan Array, it would be equivalent to watching over the entire spirit domain for her whenever she left.
More importantly, it could actively repair spatial rifts.
【Additionally, once the Realm-Stabilizing Spirit Root takes shape, the Mother Tree's ordinary roots will also be nourished by spatial power, significantly boosting their growth speed.】
Yun Heng quickly made up her mind.
She was not lacking spatial artifacts at the moment.
If the Realm-Space Crystal was only used to refine a single spatial spirit artifact, its usefulness to her would be limited.
Using it to nurture the Qingming Mother Tree, on the other hand, could simultaneously strengthen the Mother Tree, the Myriad Manifestations Guiyuan Array, and the entire Guiyuan Spirit Domain.
No matter how she looked at it, this was far more worthwhile.
【Host, place the Realm-Space Crystal directly beside its main root.】
【Once the Mother Tree senses the spatial power, it will naturally absorb it.】
Yun Heng retrieved the box containing the Realm-Space Crystal from her storage space.
The moment the lid was opened, a strand of pure spatial power drifted out from inside.
The Qingming Mother Tree, which had just quieted down, suddenly began swaying violently.
Rustle, rustle—
Through her control over the Guiyuan Spirit Domain, Yun Heng quickly located the Mother Tree's thickest main root underground.
With a shift of her thought...
The soil beside the main root parted to both sides of its own accord, exposing a gap large enough to accommodate the Realm-Space Crystal.
Yun Heng flicked her finger lightly.
The silver-white crystal flew out of the box and landed precisely next to the main root.
The moment the Realm-Space Crystal made contact with the soil, the previously quiet main root suddenly moved.
The cyan patterns on the surface of the root system lit up one after another.
A few fine rootlets grew out from the main root, rapidly wrapping around the surface of the Realm-Space Crystal.
Spatial power flowed slowly along the rootlets into the Mother Tree's body, spreading all the way up the trunk.
Yun Heng clearly felt the space around the Mother Tree becoming increasingly solid and firm.
At the same time, several roots that were originally curled underground also began to extend further outward.
Yun Heng stood in front of the Qingming Mother Tree, watching those continually extending roots, thoroughly satisfied.
Now, only one last matter remained.
With a shift of her thought...
The surrounding scenery rapidly transformed.
In the blink of an eye, she crossed from the Main Peak to the Refining Peak.
After the Guiyuan Spirit Domain was upgraded, her control over the entire domain had grown noticeably stronger.
As long as she fixed a location in her mind, she could appear directly anywhere within the spirit domain, no longer needing to travel through the air as before.
At this moment, the Refining Peak was bustling with activity.
Xuan Zheng, along with one hundred Grade Two Refiners and the handyman disciples of the Refining Peak, was organizing the newly moved items.
After Yun Heng appeared, everyone nearby quickly sensed her presence.
The crowd halted their work one after another and turned to bow to her.
“Greetings, Young Lord.”
Yun Heng nodded slightly.
“No need for formalities.”
She found Xuan Zheng and retrieved the Absolute Beginning Sword Marrow and Starfall Profound Gold directly from her storage space.
“These are Absolute Beginning Sword Marrow and Starfall Profound Gold. You can use them to forge or refine swords.”
Yun Heng handed the two materials to Xuan Zheng.
Xuan Zheng reached out and took them, first carefully inspecting the Absolute Beginning Sword Marrow before injecting a strand of spiritual energy into the Starfall Profound Gold.
A moment later, he nodded slightly.
“They are indeed exceptional forging materials.”
Absolute Beginning Sword Marrow can nourish the sword intent within a blade, enhancing the affinity between the sword and its wielder.
Starfall Profound Gold is extremely tough; once fused into the blade body, it can not only strengthen the sword's weight-bearing capacity but also make the blade's edge significantly sharper.
Both materials were remarkably suitable for upgrading swords.
Xuan Zheng quickly thought of the Tianheng Broken Sword currently undergoing repair.
“Both materials brought by the Young Lord can be forged into the Tianheng Broken Sword.”
“The original damage to the broken sword has been gradually repaired by the Azure Sword Marrow. If we fuse the Absolute Beginning Sword Marrow and Starfall Profound Gold into it as well, the repaired blade will be even more stable, and the sword's grade will rise accordingly.”
Yun Heng felt a surge of pleasant surprise. She hadn't expected these materials to be perfectly suited for upgrading the Tianheng Broken Sword.
The Tianheng Broken Sword had accompanied her for so long, and it was the most comfortable for her to wield.
Since it could be repaired to an even better state, she naturally had no objections.
“In one month, your subordinate will personally visit the Main Peak to deliver the fully repaired sword to the Young Lord.”
Yun Heng nodded.
“Good.”
“I leave it in your hands, then.”
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